Research Projects

Research Projects (Completed/ On-Going) - as Principal Investigator:

Ø DAE - BRNS – Rs. 33.22 lakhs for three years (2021- 2025)

Title: “Investigations on Synthesis and Coordination Behaviour of Phosphine Oxides and their Foam Materials for the Separation of Lanthanides and Actinides in the backend of the fuel cycle”

Ø DST – SERB – Rs. 21.85 lakhs for three years (2012- 2015)

Title: “Exploitation of Physical and Chemical Properties of Remarkably Flexible Hydrazide Based Hypervalent Silicon Complexes”

Ø CSIR – Rs. 10.1 lakhs for three years (2012- 2015)

Title: “New Vistas in Organometallic Chemistry – Synthesis, Reactivity and Applications of Metal-Alkyl, Metal-Alkenyl and Metallacycloalkane Complexes”

Ø DAE - BRNS – Rs. 14.22 lakhs for three years (2012- 2016)

Title: “Novel Phosphine Oxide-Functionalized Dendrimers: Synthesis, Coordination Behaviour and Extraction Studies of Actinides from Radioactive Wastes”.

Ø VIT-RGEMS (2019-20) – Rs. 3.00 Lakhs – ‘Designing and Development of a Portable Water Purifier’.

Ø VIT-TBI-Start-Up Grant (2019-2020) – Rs. 1.0 lakh (preliminary grant) – ‘Fabrication of Fire-resistant Spray Coatings’

Ø VIT-TBI-Start-Up Grant (2018-2019) – (preliminary grant) – ‘Development of New Materials for the Efficient Removal of Heavy Metal Ions’

Ø VIT-RGEMS (2018) – Rs. 3.0 Lakhs – ‘New Organometallic Complexes for Catalysis”

Ø VIT-RGEMS (2019) – Rs. 5.00 Lakhs – ‘Composition, Kit and Method of Diagnosing Asthma’ jointly with Prof. Radha Saraswathy from School of Biotechnology.

Ø Industry Consultancy Project of on “Conversion of Industry Waste into Value Added Products”

Ø A Work-Order project from IGCAR (Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu), DAE, India of Rs.1,75,000/- on “Synthesis, Characterization and Delivery of organic Phosphonates”. Co-PI - Dr. D. Rajagopal, Professor and HOD Chemistry

As Co-Principal Investigator:

Ø UGC-DAE-CRS-IGCAR (INDIA) - Rs. 8.00 lakhs, (2013- 2016) – “Novel Task Specific functionalized Molecules and Polymeric Resins: Synthesis and their Applications towards Lanthanide/Actinide Extraction”.

Ø IGCAR CONTRACT PROJECT (DAE-Work Order) - Rs. 15.00 lakhs (2014-2017) ,“SYNTHESIS AND SUPPLY OF PHOSPHORYL ACETAMIDE FUNCTIONALISED POLYMERS/ MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMERS FOR ACTINIDE SEPARATION”.

Ø DAE-BRNS – Rs.27.73 lakhs for three years (2015- 2018), “Design and synthesis of organophosphorus ionophores as molecular sensors for f-metal ions recognition and extraction ability”.

Ø DST-PURSE (2021-2026)- Rs. 20 Crores- "ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR FOSTERING TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH" as one of the team members in the project.